The Vietnam War veteran’s widow was promised a reservation next to her husband at Fort Lewis Cemetery after his death in 1966 ...

Survivor Outreach Services (SOS) hosted an immersive survival training experience August 2 at Fort Rucker, offering families ...

Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day is the last Sunday of September and Gold Star Spouses Day is April 5. The strength of our nation is our Army.

The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and the Illinois Department of Agriculture are inviting veterans and their ...

With the 80th anniversary of the first Gold Star Mother’s Day (now Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day) set for Sept. 24, I asked a few Gold Star Family members about how we, as a military ...

The gold star denoting a family member who died in combat dates back to World War I, but before last week, the phrase “Gold Star family” wasn’t as widely known as it was during World War II.

"Hoffman Family Gold" star Todd Hoffman recalls when he was almost shot during a wild car chase in a Guyana jungle while being pursued by armed men who were after $12,000 in cash that he had in ...

Becoming a Gold Star Mother is a profound and bittersweet distinction that no mother deserves or wants, yet many carry the distinction with a sense of pride and honor. It signifies that a mother ...